Umbrella-holder.



H. T. S. STU'CKEY. UMBRELLA HOLDER. APPLICATION men OCT. 24. ms.

Patented Apr. 9,1918.

Q/011mm i HABBIET'I. s.'s*rUcKEY, or BISHOPVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA;

a U BRELLA-Hanna siding at Bishopville, in the county of Lee. and State of South Carolina, have invented.

certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella-Holders; and I do hereby declare; the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in umbrella holders.

The object of this invention is to provide an umbrella holder especially adapted for men who work out of doors and who labor in excavations on the street or elsewhere and for all persons who are exposed during the hot season of the year, thus providing a device that may be readily and quickly applied to the body.

A further object of the invention is to provide a spring clip which is supported on the back of the person and one in which the umbrella stick is frictionally held therein thus obviating the necessity of using screws, bolts, or the like for adjusting the umbrella at various heights.

A still further object is to provide a holder of this character which will be simple, practical, and comparatively inexpensive in construction.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an illustration of my im-.

proved umbrella holder as seen from the back,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. A is a sectional view of the clip.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring more particularlv to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the waist belt of the usual type having a buckle 2 on one end, which belt is adapted to be fastened around a person slightly above the waist line.

Secured to the belt 1 are a pair of shoulder straps 3 and 4, which straps comprise in Specification of Letters Patent. I f Application filedOctober 24 1916. eria11vo 127,429.

their construction the longer rear members 5 and 6 having'loops atone end designated belt 1 near'itsme'dial portion. The oppoprovided'with' a plurality of openings 8, the

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7 whichlloops are slidably'arranged on the purpose of which will be more fully hereinafter described. The shoulder straps 3 and 4 also comprise in their construction the shorter front portions 9 and 10 which are provided at one end with loopsjll, which loops are slidably arranged on the belt 1 near the ends thereof. The free ends of the shorter members 9 and 10 are provided with buckles 12 which buckles areadapted to receive the free ends of the longer portions 5 and 6 therein permitting the straps'to be readily adjusted over the opposite shoulders of aperson.

The portions 5 and 6 of the shoulder straps 3 and 4; are crossed intermediate their ends other is an umbrella engaging clip 14' through the medium of which the umbrella is secured to the body-harness.

The umbrella holder above mentioned is formed of spring metal and is substantially U-shaped in cross section having the ends of its leg portions bent laterally in opposite directions as at 15 forming flanges. The ex treme ends of flanges are bent back upon themselves as at 16 having an abutting engagement with the outer. face of thelaterally extending portions 15. The extreme ends of the bent back portions 16' are extended inwardly as at 17 to provide the re silient fingers 18, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully described.

The member 1A is in the form of an elongated casing and is arranged vertically and secured by rivets 19 to the longer strap portions 5 and 6 at their point of crossing as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The

tending above and below the point of crossing of the portions 5 and 6 thus permitting an umbrella stick designated A in Fig. 1 of the drawing to be placed therein.

The umbrella stick A is frictionally held between the leg portions of the U-shaped holder 1A by the engagement of the spring fingers 18 with the stick thus preventing accidental displacement of the stick and yet permitting the adjustment of the stick to any desired height.

the clip 14: in the center of the back of the person. The umbrella handle is then placed in'the clip 14. p p 7 What is claimed is: a

An umbrella holder cOmpI'ising abody harness, a clip comprising a U-shaped body portion the edges of the U being bent out- Wardly to form flanges, and the metal of the flanges being inturned .to lie flat over the flanges and to extend inwardly and approximately parallel to the legs of the U, such in wardly extending edges being slightly curved to form spring fingers interiorly of the clip, and fastening means securing the body of the clip to the body harness.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' HARRIET T. S. STUCKEY.

Witnesses: r I

I RUBY R. DU RAUT, Y 7

R. H. SINGLETON.

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